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67 Cards in this Set
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Animation
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The rapid sequencing of still images to create the appearance of motion, as in a cartoon.
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Applets
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Small programs that can e quickly downloaded and run by most browsers.
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B2B (business-to-business) commerce
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Electronic sale or exchange of goods and services directly between companies, cutting out traditional intermediaries.
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Backbones
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High speed, high capacity Transmission lines that use the newest communications technology to transmit data across the internet.
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Bandwidth
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Expression of how much data - text, voice, video and so on - can be sent through a communcations channel in a given amount of time.
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Blog
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Web log, an internet journal. Blogs are usually updated daily; they reflect the personality and views of the blogger.
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BPS
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Bits per second.
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Broadband
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Very high speed connection.
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Cable Modem
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Device connecting a personal computer to a cable - TV system that offers an internet connection.
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Communications satellite
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Space station that transmits radio waves called microwaves from earth-based stations.
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Directory
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Search tool that provides list of several categories of websites classified by topic, such as Busimess & Economy or Recreation & Sports. Also called a hypertext index.
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Distance learning
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Online education programs.
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Domain
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A locaiton on the internet.
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Download
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To transmit data from a remote computer to a local computer.
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DSL (digital subscriber line)
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A hardware and software technology that uses regular phone lines to transmit data in megabits per second.
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E-commerce (electronic commerce)
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Conducting business activities online.
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Emoticons
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Keyboard-produced pictorial representations of expressions.
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FAQs (frequently asked questions)
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Guides that explain expected norms of online behavior for particular group.
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Flaming
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Writing an online message that uses derogatory, obscene or inappropriate language.
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Frame
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An independently controllable section of a web page.
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FTP (file transfer protocol)
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Connect to a remote computer called an FTP site and transfer publicly available files to your own microcomputer's hard disk via TCP/IP over the internet.
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Gigabits per second (gbps)
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1 billion bits per second.
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Home page
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Welcome page, web page that somewhate like the title page of a book, identifies the website and contains links to toher pages at the site.
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Hypertext
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System in which documents scattered across many internet sites are directly linked, so that a word or phrase in one document becomes a connection to a document in a different place.
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hypertext markup language(HTML)
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Special instructions (tags or markups) used to specify web document structure, formatting and links to other documents.
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HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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Communication rules that allow browsers to connect with web services.
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Instant messaging (IM)
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Services that enables any user on a given email system to send a message and have it pop up instantly on the screen of anyone else logged onto that system.
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ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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Global private-sector, nonprofit corporation that was established to regulate human-friendly internet domain names, those addresses ending with .com, .org, .net and so on.
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Internet Protocoal (IP) address
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Address that every computer on the internet has; consists of four sets of number between 0 -255 seperated by decimals 1.160.10.240
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Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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Company that connects you through your communications line to its services or central computer which connects you to the internet via another company's network access points.
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Internet Telephony
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Using the internet to make phone calls, either one to one or for audioconferencing.
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ISDN (Intergrated Services Digital Network)
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Hardware and software that allow voice, video and data to be communicated over traditional copper-wire telephone lines (POTS)
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Java
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Complex programming laghuage that enables programmers to create animated and interactive web pages using applets.
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Keyword
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The subject word or words of the topic you which to find in a web search.
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Kilobits per second (Kbps)
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1,000 bits per second.
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Listserv
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Automatic mailing list server that sends email to subscribesr who regularly participate in discussion topcs. To subscribe, the user send an email to the list-serve moderator and asks to become a member, they automaticall receives email messages from anyone who responds to the server.
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Log on
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To make a connection to a remote computer.
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Megabits per second (Mbps)
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1 million bits per second.
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Modem
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Device that sends and receives data over the telephone lines to and from computers.
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Netiquette
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Network etiquette - appropriate online behavior.
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Newsgroup
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Also called forum; giant electronic bulletin board on which users conduct written dicussions about a subject.
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Newsreader
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program included with most browsers that allow users to access a newsgroup and read or type messages.
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Plug-in
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Also called player or viewer, program that adds a specific feature to a browser allowing it to play or view certain files.
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POP - point of presence
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Collection of modems and other equipment in a local area.
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Protocol
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SEt of communications rules of exchanging information.
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Push technology
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Software that automatically downloads information to your computer, as opposed to pull technology where you go to a website and pull the info you want.
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Radio buttons
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An interactive tool displayed as little circles in front of options.
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Real-time chat (RTC)
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Typed discussion among participants who are online at the same time. Typed messages rather than spoken.
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Scroll arrows
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small up/down arrows located to the bottom and side of your screen display.
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Scrolling
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Moving quickly upward or downward through text or other screen display, using the mouse and scroll arrows.
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Search engine
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Search tool that allows you to find specific documents through keyword searches and menu choices, incontract to directories.
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Site
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Computer with a domain name.
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Spam
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Unsolicited email in the form of advertising or chain letters.
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Streaming audio
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Process of downloading audio in which you can listen to the file while the data is still downloading to your computer.
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Streaming video
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Process of downloading video in which is the data is transferred in a continuous flow so that you can begin viewing a file even before the end of the file is sent.
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T1 line
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Traditional trunk line that carries 24 normal telephone circuits and has a transmission rate of 1.5 Mbps.
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Telnet
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Program or command that allows you to connect to remote computers on the internet and to run programs on those computers.
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
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Protocol that enables all computers to use data transmitted on the Internet by determining 4 different items.
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Upload
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To transmit datt from a local computer to a romte computer.
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URL (Universal Resource Locator)
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String of char. that points to a specific piece of information anywhere on the web. (web protocol - name of web server - folder - file)
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Usenet
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Worldwide network of servers that can be accessed through the internet.
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Web browser
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Software that enables users to locate and view web pages and to jump from one page to another.
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Webcasting
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Service, based on push technology, in which customized text, video and audio are sent to the use automatically on a regular basis.
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Web page
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Document on the World Wide Web that can include text, pictures, sound and video.
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Web portal
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Website that groups together popular features such as search tools, email, electronic commerce and discussion groups.
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Website
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Location of a web domain in a computer somewhere on the internet.
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Window
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Rectangular area containing a document or activity.
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